2022 Manitoba Workplace Safety and Health Act and Regulation

Requirements for fall protection systems
14.7(1) An employer must ensure that a fall protection system
(a) is designed, installed, tested, used and maintained in accordance
with the applicable requirements of the following standards:
(i) CSA Z259.1-05 (R2015), Body Belts and Saddles for Work 
Positioning and Travel Restraint,
(ii) CAN/CSA-Z259.2.1-98 (R2011), Fall Arresters, Vertical 
Lifelines, and Rails,
(iii) CSA Z259.2.2-17, Self-retracting devices,
(iv) CAN/CSA-Z259.2.3:16, Descent devices,
(v) CSA Z259.10-18, Full Body Harnesses,
(vi) CSA Z259.11-05 (R2015), Energy Absorbers and Lanyards,
(vii) CSA Z259.12-16, Connecting Components for Personal Fall 
Arrest Systems (PFAS),
(viii) CSA Z259.16-15, Design of Active Fall-Protection Systems,
(ix) CSA Z259.13-16, Manufactured horizontal lifeline systems,
(x) ANSI/ASSE A10.11-2010 (R2016), Safety Requirements 
for Personnel Nets - American National Standard for 
Construction and Demolition Operations;
(b) designed and certified as safe by a professional engineer and
installed, tested, used and maintained in accordance with the
specifications certified by the professional engineer.

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14.7(2) Despite the reference to safety belts in CSA Standard Z259.1-05,
Body Belts and Saddles for Work Positioning and Travel Restraint, an
employer must ensure that a safety belt is not used as part of a fall
protection system at the workplace.
M.R. 128/2019
Inspection and maintenance
14.8(1) An employer must ensure that the equipment used as part of a fall
protection system is
(a) inspected before use on each work shift by
(i) subject to subsection (2), the worker who uses the fall
protection system, or
(ii) a competent person other than the worker using the
system;
(b) kept free from any substance or condition that could contribute
to deterioration of the equipment; and
(c) maintained in good working order and in accordance with the
manufacturer’s specifications.